Jon Kibbe
Overview
Jon Kibbe is a recognized authority on evolving legal issues in the global credit markets, including the loan market. He represents banks, investment banks, hedge funds, broker dealers and other financial institutions that buy and sell loans, claims and other credit products in the high-yield debt, and credit derivatives markets. Jon advises his clients on the transactional and regulatory aspects of those markets and develops practical solutions to novel trading and regulatory issues arising from transactions involving complex credit products. He is a retired partner in the New York office of Crowell & Moring.
Career & Education
- Harvard University, A.B., magna cum laude, 1976
- New York University School of Law, J.D., 1980
- New York
Professional Activities and Memberships
- Member, The Loan Syndications and Trading Association (LSTA)
Jon's Insights
Speaking Engagement | 10.05.21
Firm News | 5 min read | 04.01.21
Representative Matters
- Represented an investment bank modifying a protocol for trading loans by incorporating trade custom and best practices evolving in response to recent case law developments.
- Advised a hedge fund collateralizing an emergency financing with illiquid financial assets, including par and distressed loans and future commitments to buy and sell loan products.
- Counseled an investment adviser seeking to harmonize loan trading activities and regulatory and compliance policies across a platform of CLO's, credit opportunity funds, and private equity funds.
- Represented a consortium of investment banks and trade associations in collaborative efforts to design and document the standard North American and European loan credit default swap products, and the related framework used for loan settlement into credit default swaps in connection with the ISDA “Big Bang” protocol.
- Counseled a trade association in developing trading initiatives and best practices designed to increase transparency and liquidity in the U.S. secondary bank loan market in response to Dodd-Frank.
- Advised an investment bank seeking to resolve a series of complex trading disputes and contentious matters through the novel use of structured distributions derived from a portfolio total return swap.
- Represented buy-side and sell-side clients in the trading and investing of tens of billions of dollars of insolvency, litigation, and other claims in North America, Europe and Asia (debtors included Visa/MasterCard, CDS antitrust litigation defendants, Lehman Brothers, TXU, American Airlines, McDermott, General Motors, Icelandic banks).
Jon's Insights
Speaking Engagement | 10.05.21
Firm News | 5 min read | 04.01.21
Recognition
- New York Super Lawyers Magazine, 2008-2020
Jon's Insights
Speaking Engagement | 10.05.21
Firm News | 5 min read | 04.01.21